EXHIBIT 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors

HSBC Finance Corporation

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement No. 333-174628 on Form S-4 of HSBC Finance Corporation of our report dated February 23, 2015, with respect to the consolidated statements of income (loss), comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity, and cash flows of HSBC Finance Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2014, which report appears in the December 31, 2016 annual report on Form 10-K of HSBC Finance Corporation.

/s/    KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois

February 21, 2017